Log loading apparatus



1932- v w. E. ROSEBUSH 1,890,413

LOG LOADING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 15, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 46 A INVENTOR WIT/1:555:25 igzb JEuP/aseasl ATTORNEY'S a Sheets-Sheet 2 Dec. 6, 1932. w. E. ROSEBUSH LOG LOADING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 15. 1951 Dec. 6, 1932. w, ROSEBUSH 1,890,413

LOG LOADING APPARATUS Filed Aug. .15, 1931 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR WITNESSE E V v PBVYZZZJO EROSGZTS ATTORNEYS iatented Dec. 6;

WALDOE: nosnnosn, or MILILWOODQ WASHINGTON ILOG" Lemme nrPARA'rns T- I Application: filed August 15,1931. Serial No. 557,3 05

' This invention relatesto an apparatus for jconveying logsqfrom a body of loading them upon flat cars;

Theprincipal object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus for expeditiously carrying outthe work of taking logs out of 'a body of'water, then elevating them, and I lowering them on 'flatvcars" to load the latter.

' The invention resides in the combinations,

constructions and operations of the elements and their constituents hereinafter fully described and illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1*is a side elevation ofan apparatus r "embodying the features of the invention;

* Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the loading stage and associated elements;

- Figure 3 is a plan view of the loading stage and associated "elements; a v

Figure 1 is an end elevation showing one of the details; I

"Figure 5 is a 'ofFigure 2; y

Figure 6is a detail section on the line 6 -6 OfFigureQ. m

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, it will be apparent that the appa- "ratus or" the present invention includes an ins clined conveyer 'lO whicli may be of any, practical form, designed and adapted to transfer or convey logs from a body of water side by side to a requiredpoint of ,ele vation above the body of water with respect detail section on the line 5%5 include endless chains 11 which are properly 11101111166. so as to be driven 'byya suitable power plant. The chainsll haveflights 12 spaced equidistantly to engage the logsso as to conveniently discharge them atthe top of the=conveyer side by side. Itis to beunderstood that the logs, which are of standard length of approximately sixteen feet, will be spaced on the conveyer chains for ascent and to a railroad car track. The conveyer will 1 likewise for discharge atthe top of the con-.

veyer.

The apparatus also includes aff loadingf stage'generally designated'13. Wile-upper orfl I discharge end of the conveyer 10is'conneeted with or supported by the stage '13 in operative relation thereto; The loading stage-1 3 I bers16 provide a runway forea carriageor 7 traveler 1 8. The carriage of traveler ls-comprises pa1rs of I-beams 19 whichare-connected together by'spacers v 2 0and rods 2 1. fThe pairs of 'Lbeams 19 are'disposed respectively directly over the timbers 16,jand each' pair includes a" fixed supporting" structure ;com-;- Q

prising piles 14 connectedby horizontal tim befrs 1'5- and 16'secured' to thepiles'14. ""RThe timbers support 1a-platform 17 .5 The tam of I-beams travels in contact'with' rollers22 mounted onthe relate'dtimber The' said carriage or traveler 18 travels approximateor discharge end of the conveyer ly five feet toward and away rom the upper In order to causemovement of the carriage or traveler 18Jthere is providedlanendless,. cable 23 which -is crossed and which passes around four sheaves 24 positioned on "the timb'ers16." Thecable anchored at each side to'the related Iv-beam 19 by asuaabm anchoring means'25." Aseeon d endless 'cable.

2 6 vertically disposed,passes aroundflfour sheaves 27 on one of the timbers l6,- an'dflsaid cable is operatively connected with ahand' which or theglikei 28 secured t6 an er: the

piles 14. The cable 26 is anchored to the am;

ja'cent I-beax'n 19 of the carriage or traveler 18 by a suitable anchoring'means 29. "It will now be apparent'that by 'operating thewinch' 28, the carriage ortraveler 18 maybe moved back and forth through the 'intervention 'of the cables 26and 23 and the anchoring means and29,

As the logs leave the conveyer 10 "pass on to skids 3O forming'part of the loading stage. 1 These skids 30 are fitted in relation to the endless chains 11, respectively,, at the outsidesthereof, and are disposed directly over the pairs of I-beams' 19, as shown most a clearly in Figure 3. Itwilltherefore'beapparent that as'the logs leave the discharg end of the conveyor 10 theywill passonto p i e the skids 30vwhich will give impetus to the 7 them :onto the carriage or traveler 18 on movement of the logs and also guide or direct which the logs may roll.

The loading stage is'arranged adjacent a deck 31011 which is laid a railroad track consisting o-fl. the rails, 32' on Whichthe rpi liflng. at car is conventionally illustrated and desig- I nated33. Each flat car is'usually equipped for loading purposes by the use of what are stock "or flat clarstof be loaded travel.

technically known as bunks 34 madeof timbers, four of which are used andplaced transversely upon the top of thecar deck. To these bunks are afiixed at the sides or ends project -ing, downwardly in relation to the. car .si-lls,

' the stakes 35 for holding the logs.

ZIII orderto lower thelo s on .to the deck or iplatgform of theiflat car 33 a's-they' are-deliv:

eredxfrom the carriage oritraveler 18, there is :.%rovided .means presently to be described.

I I prightbrackets 36 arearranged onthe deck inspaced relation to each other andalso in fixed relationto the rails 32 and fixed structure of ,theloading stage between the .conve c1 and said rails 32. Cables or the ilikei3 are employed and will be arrangedat a suitable elevation above the platform or deck of the fiat car. 33 tranversely thereof.

Each cable 87 has one end wound on a drum 3'8 iast on a shaft. 3 9 journaled for rotation iinibea'ril gs, 4O secured tocertainof the piles $14. ree QPP Site or e end of eahmble S'Z 'haSY-a hook or loop 41 engageable (with. a hook42se'curedto thebracke't36 for the particular' fcable 'In this manner. each vcable '37 will bedetachably connected with therelated bracket 36flat 'thedesired elevation abovefthe' deokfor..platfor n'ofthe car A fric'tion drum 43 securedito the shaft39. 'A.fri'ction1band or strap '44 passes around the v dr1 1ri1l3 and has one endanchored to an an ,chorfmember 45,1and its oppositeend is conne oted with a-lever 46,-the 'latter'coacting 'witha fixed rack4L7. vThe friction drum and band, together with theIlever andrack, conlstitute means for resisting thelo'ad orweight i v of'the'log's placedonithe cables 37 when they are stretched crosswise oftheflat. car=-33 above "the platform'- thereof; lVhen the cables 37 are j connected with thehooks .2', flas fshfown in Figure 2, they will be" in positions forloweringi the logs on to the; platformof jthe fear {33 In theloadin'g operation, onee"hal'foffthe flat car is properly located in relationto-the"discharge'end ofthe carriage or traveler. 1 8. The carriage 18 =is moved backward and. forward so as to enable an operator "toplacethe logs'in 'a more or less even distribution on the flat car. After the first four 4 .or five logs' are delivered from the carriage l8'on'toltlie cables 37, these'cables u'nderthe weightof the logspay out sufiiciently soithat file logs will be low ered upon thebunks 84. The following legs will drop onto the first fourror five logswhichhave been lowered-by the cables 37, and these following logs will have their fall broken by the first few logs.

After the required number of logs have been loaded on the first half of the car, the cables 37 are unhooked from the brackets 36 and are then'disengaged. or are pulled out from beneath the" logs'on the car. Thecar is then moved ahead for loading the" second" half thereof, in which the procedure hereinabove described'is 're'pe'atedl' I In loading each car, as the logs pile up, the

" shock of their falling and the weight cont bined tend to press outwardly on the Stakes 7 '35. -In'order to counteract this pressure there isprovided meansoneach side of the car track jpresently tobe described; A horizontal sill 4:8 is supported'by certain ofthepiles l' an'd 3 V a similar sill 48 is supported by the brackets I 36. A member l9 is securedgto eachs'illAR whichsupports'a-lever 50 connected by .a link 51with abeam 52slidableon the sill 48. The

cam blocks 53 actingzonjtheangle irons"55,the

ingithe wedgesinto contact withfthe stakes' 35on the adjacent side offa flat cari3 3. It is to be understood that the lever 50 when opstakes 35 will pass the link 51in suchmanner the lever is returned to its first position. One

:end of each beamt52 has an iron cap 5.6::for hammering the beam back to release the 3;:

wedges, I

as to prevent the wedges being released until i Any 'suitable means; such as a'hand wheel 7 Y or crank 57, may be attached to theshaft .39 for windingthe cables'37 on the drums 38 t0 take theinin the desireddegree afterfeach lowering operation, The lever46 may be released so that this may be easily accomplished. 4 It is to be understood that the invention is' not restricted to the precise arrangement of V Y parts shown and described; as details of con- 'st'ruction maybe modified and rearranged without departing from the spirit of" the inyention', the scope of which is limited only by the terms ofthe'appended claims. 5

1. The combination of a runway, a traveler on said runway, said-traveler consisting of beams connected'together on which material may roll, and lowering means arranged in "relation'to said'traveler to lower material delivered thereto from saidtravelerJ 2. The c'ombinationof a"runway,-a t raveler :on said runway; said traveler consistingfof beams connectedrtogether on which material may roll, means .todeliver material :tofsaid erated'to engagethe wedges 54- against the 151001 traveler, and lowering means arranged in relatlon to sald traveler to lower material de-V livered thereto from said traveler.

3. The combination of a wheeled traveler adapted to support logs side by side and on which the logs may roll, a, conveyor for elei vating the logs to a point above the traveler,

, and skids arranged in relation to the'traveler and conveyor to guide the logs from the conveyor onto the traveler.

4. The combination of arunway, atraveler on said runway, said traveler consisting of beams connected together on which material may roll, lowering means arranged in relation to said traveler to lower material delivered thereto from saidtraveler, and means to operate the traveler.

5. The combination 7 with a conveyor 1 adapted to elevate logs from a bodyof. water,

of a railroad car track, means arranged' in relation to the track for lowering logs onto a car on said track, a structure in'fixed rela-, tion to the conveyor andsald lowering means between the same, and a traveler movable on said structure for transferring logs from the conveyor for delivery ontosaid lowering means.

6. The adapted to elevate logs from abody of water,

of a fixed frame structure, lowering means for lowering the logs, a traveler movable on said frame structure in relation to said'conveyor and lowering means to transfer logs from the conveyor for delivery onto said lowering means, and means to operatesaid traveler. V

7. The combination with a conveyor adapted to elevate logs, a runway arranged in advance of the conveyor below the discharge end thereof, a traveler on said-run- Way,sa1d traveler being of such construction that the logs may "roll thereon, and

means arranged inrelation to said discharge end of the conveyor'to give impetus to the 1 movement of the logs and to guide themlfrom V the conveyor onto the traveler.

8. The combination with a conveyor adaptedto elevate logs, a runway'arranged in advance of the conveyor below the dis charge end thereof, atraveler on said'runway, said traveler being of such construction that the logs may roll thereon, means arranged in relation to said discharge end ofv the conveyor to give impetus to the movement of the logs and to guide them from the conveyor onto the traveler, andmeans to operate the traveler.

WALDO E. BOSEBUSH.

combination with a conveyor 

